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Ask HN: Include High School Experience on My Resume?
I haven't included any high school work, educational or volunteer experience on my resume for quite a long time. Recently I read that this is recommended by "the experts", so as to avoid age discrimination.
However, in the US federally, as well as all the states I know about, it is illegal to discriminate for reasons of age against those over forty. I myself am fifty years old.
In my actual experience, as well as that of many others, age discrimination is in reality quite widespread in the US. While I do not wish to denigrate the experience of my female colleagues with sexual discrimination, I regard age discrimination in our industry as far more pervasive then gender discrimination.
I did lots of good stuff in high school - president of the science club, I was elected to the student senate, I was the director of the drama club's set crew, I was awarded a merit scholarship &c.
HOWEVER:
I also consult. I'm not just looking for a perm job; I do consulting as a 1099 sole proprietor. To the best of my knowledge, there is no law against discriminating against private businesses.
Do you list your own high school experience on your resume? If so, do you experience age discrimination as a result?
- YuriNiyazov 12y agoI went to Stuyvesant High School. Whenever I list it, it's usually a plus.
- MichaelCrawford 12y agoThat's a good point. No one has ever heard of Armijo High School. But strictly speaking, I graduated when I was sixteen by taking the California High School Proficiency Examination so I could attend Solano Community College during the summer, and in the evenings during the school year. I continued on at Armijo until I graduated with the rest of my class.
- darkxanthos 12y agoI don't. I'm almost 33 years old and feel like the jobs I don't get are completely on me. :)
- MichaelCrawford 12y agoWould it be off-topic to flog my consulting services here at HN? I can't recall anyone ever doing that. I don't want to be rude.